– by MARIUSZ ZUBROWSKI – “The Experiment” is the type of the film that you watch when you’re just fed up with people in general. Its nihilist message will surely make you feel better about yourself because it just reinforces the belief that our fellow man is on the same scale as wi...
August 30th, 2010 - 4:32 pm § in Reviews
Under Review: ‘Death and Cremation’
– by ADAM POYNTER – It’s a late summer evening; cast, crew, press and friends have gathered at FOX Studios in Hollywood for a private screening of “Death and Cremation,” a new dark and dramatic thriller from the mind of writer and director Justin Steele. The red carpet is done and ...
August 30th, 2010 - 1:59 pm § in Posters & Trailers
Trailer Talk: ‘Tokyo Gore Police’
– by CHRIS HYATT – Oh. Em. Gee. Now, the fact that I decided to open this piece with an internet acronym should tell you to run. The fact that I spelled it out should tell you that unless you are an UBER geek with no life, a la the description from “South Park,” you [...]...
August 30th, 2010 - 10:44 am § in Posters & Trailers
Trailer Talk: ‘Sparkle’
– by AMANDA KOEHLER – Sam Sparkes (Shaun Evans) is 22 and desperately wants to move to London to work in public relations. After moving there and getting a job as a waiter, Sam meets Sheila (Stockard Channing), and she hires him to be her personal assistant. Oh, and also her lover, appar...
August 29th, 2010 - 7:23 pm § in Reviews
Under Review: ‘Departures’ (aka ‘Okuribito’)
– by BEV QUESTAD – Bring out your Kleenex, not for sadness or maudlin nostalgia, but for poignant acknowledgment. It’s not loss that will bring tears, but what the significance of death can teach us. “Departures” recognizes the essential power inherent in witnessing the passing to ...
August 29th, 2010 - 6:02 pm § in Posters & Trailers
Trailer Talk: ‘Case 39′
– by CAM SMITH – Now that summer is coming to an end, and the time for high-concept event pictures is officially kaput, we’re getting to the point in the calendar year when Hollywood begins airing out its dirty laundry; the long-delayed efforts that have been gathering dust on the shel...
